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November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 November 2017 802. 11 ak Agenda Date: 2016 -09 -27 Authors: Name Donald Eastlake Agenda Affiliations Huawei Technologies Address Phone Email 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA +1 -508 -333 -2270 d 3 e 3 e 3@gmail. com Slide 1 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 IEEE 802. 11 ak/GLK: Enhancements For Transit Links Within Bridged Networks Orlando, Florida 6 -9 November 2017 Chair & Editor: Donald E. Eastlake 3 rd (Huawei) d 3 e 3 e 3@gmail. com +1 -508 -333 -2270 Vice Chair: Mark Hamilton (Ruckus Wireless) Vice Editor: Norm Finn (Huawei) Secretary: Vacant Mailing list: STDS-802 -11 -TGAK@listserv. ieee. org Agenda Slide 2 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Venue Caribe Royale, Orlando, Florida Agenda Slide 3 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 TGak Timeline – March 2015 – Initial WG Letter Ballot – February 2016 – WG Recirculation – January 2017 – Sponsor Ballot Pool Formation Start – January 2017 – MEC/MDR Initiated – (March 2017 – Sponsor Ballot Pool Formation and MEC/MDR Completed) – May 2017 – Initial Sponsor Ballot – October 2017 – Sponsor Recirculation – December 2017 – Final WG & Exec. Comm – March 2018 – Rev. Com Approval Agenda Slide 4 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Sessions Day Time Room Monday AM 1 TBD Monday PM 2 TBD Tuesday AM 1 TBD Tuesday EVE TBD Thursday AM 1 YBD Agenda Slide 5 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Monday, 6 November 2017 08: 00– 10: 00 • Call TGak meeting to order • Appointment of Secretary • Review of IEEE 802 and 802. 11 Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc. Call for essential patents • Attendance Recording Reminder • Approval of Agenda Slide 6 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Monday, 6 November 2017 08: 00– 10: 00 • Moved, to approve 11 -17/1457 r. TBD as the minutes of the Waikoloa TGak meeting in September. – Moved: Seconded: – Yes: No: Abstain • Moved, to approve 11 -17/1 TBDr 0 as the minutes of the following TGak teleconferences held since the September. TGak meeting: – – – Agenda 25 September 2017 – Cancelled 2 October 2017 – 16 October 2017 – 30 October 2017 – Moved: Seconded: Yes: No: Abstain Slide 7 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Monday, 6 November 2017 08: 00 -10: 00 • Presentations, motions, and discussion to resolve comments and improve the TGak Draft • Recess until 16: 00 Monday afternoon. Agenda Slide 8 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform Ø All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. • Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6. 2]: • “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represent. • “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) • The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group • Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged • No duty to perform a patent search Agenda Slide 9 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws http: //standards. ieee. org/develop/policies/bylaws/sect 6 -7. html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http: //standards. ieee. org/develop/policies/opman/sect 6. html#6. 3 Material about the patent policy is available at http: //standards. ieee. org/about/sasb/patcom/materials. html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee. org or visit http: //standards. ieee. org/about/sasb/patcom/index. html This slide set is available at https: //development. standards. ieee. org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset. ppt Agenda Slide 10 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Call for Potentially Essential Patents • If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: • Either speak up now or • Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or • Cause an LOA to be submitted Agenda Slide 11 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in IEEE 802 Working Group meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group subgroup, etc. ) is on an individual basis • Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. (https: //standards. ieee. org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws. pdf section 5. 2. 1) • IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. (subclause 4. 2. 1 “Establishment”, of the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures) • Participants have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. A Participant’s obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. • Participants shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see https: //standards. ieee. org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws. pdf section 5. 2. 1. 3 and the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, subclause 3. 4. 1 “Chair”, list item x. By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate. (Latest revision of IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures: http: //www. ieee 802. org/devdocs. shtml) Agenda Slide 12 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings • All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. • • Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. • Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. • • Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. • Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. • Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. -------------------------------- See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5. 3. 10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Agenda Slide 13 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Monday, 6 November 2017 16: 00– 18: 00 • • • Call meeting to order Appointment of Secretary Call for essential patents Attendance Recording Reminder Approval of Agenda Presentations, motions, and discussion to resolve comments and improve the TGak Draft • Recess until 08: 00 Tuesday morning. Agenda Slide 14 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Tuesday, 7 November 2017 08: 00– 10: 00 • • • Call meeting to order Appointment of Secretary Call for essential patents Attendance Recording Reminder Approval of Agenda Presentations, motions, and discussion to resolve comments and improve the TGak Draft • Recess until 21: 30 Tuesday evening Agenda Slide 15 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Tuesday, 7 November 2017 19: 30– 21: 30 • Call meeting to order • • Appointment of Secretary Call Attendance Recording Reminder Approval of Agenda Presentations, motions, and discussion to resolve comments and improve the TGak Draft • Recess until 08: 00 Thursday Agenda Slide 16 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Thursday, 9 November 2017 08: 00– 10: 00 • • Call meeting to order Appointment of Secretary Call for essential patents Attendance Recording Reminder Approval of Agenda Teleconferences discussion Moved, to hold 802. 11 ak Teleconferences: – 1 hour teleconferences through the January 2018 802. 11 meeting on Monday xxx [20 Nov. , 27 Nov. , 11 Dec. , 8 Jan. ? ? ] at 9 am Eastern US Time. – Mover: Seconder: – Yes: No: Abstain: Agenda Slide 17 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 Thursday, 9 November 2017 08: 00– 10: 00 • Presentations, motions, and discussion to resolve comments and improve the TGak Draft • Moved [XX], To adopt the comment resolutions in … and direct the Editor to incorporate them into the TGak draft. – Mover: Seconder: – Yes: No: Abstain: • Ajourn TGak Agenda Slide 18 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies

November 2017 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -17/1535 r 0 [Reference Information] • 802. 11 ak PAR and Five Criterion – https: //development. standards. ieee. org/getfile/P 802. 11 ak. pdf? t=77398400003 • 11 -12/1207 r 1, “ 802. 11 GLK Draft PAR” • 11 -12/1208 r 0, “ 802. 11 GLK Draft 5 C” • Draft 4. 0 of 802. 11 ak (now in Sponsor Ballot): – http: //www. ieee 802. org/11/private/Draft_Standards/11 ak/Draft P 802. 11 ak_D 4. 0. pdf • 802. 1 Qbz and 802. 1 AC-REV are published as IEEE Std 802. 1 Qbz-2016 and IEEE Std 802. 1 AC-2016 – Last Drafts: • • http: //www. ieee 802. org/1/files/private/bz-drafts/d 2/802 -1 Qbz-d 2 -4. pdf • http: //www. ieee 802. org/1/files/private/ac-rev-drafts/d 4/802 -1 ac-rev-d 4 -0. pdf (Note: you can use 802. 1 or 802. 11 credential to access either members site. ) Agenda Slide 19 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Huawei Technologies